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    Corona virus

    I'll bite on the oxygen lines thing, I work as a project engineer for one of the companies that are supplying the new hospitals, as surprising as it may seem there are a few companies in this country that normally provide gases to hospitals all of which know what standards we need to work to for...
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    Corona virus

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    It’s worse than we thought!

    so lets just play out the scenario where climate change isn't being accelerated by human intervention, what have we got to lose by taking steps to minimise our impact on the planet? less pollution? less empty holes in the ground left from where we dug up fossilised animals to let us pop to the...
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    Ex-Prince for hire

    All I can she must go like a wraf on bop night
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    help required for remembrance service

    I've recently been Co-opted onto the local parish council and the village used to be home to an RAF airfield (Kirmington), this year we are holding the remembrance service on the 10th of November and we are struggling to find an RAF officer to attend to lay a wreath and represent the RAF. In...
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    how many falklands vets are still serving

    following on from the thread about when the last person to serve in WW2 left, I'm curious as to how many falklands veterans still serving? by my rudimental maths that conflict finished 36 years ago this year which means that if you were old enough to deploy in 1982 you would be 54 at the very...
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    BMW Rookie to ride course

    Hello chaps, I'm looking to do my direct access next year and this scheme has caught my eye https://www.bmw-motorrad.co.uk/en/Offers/RookietoRider.html what are your thoughts on it, is there some catch on it that I'm not seeing? I reckon the training costs might be a bit inflated but overall...
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    linkedin veterans survey

    I saw a link on facetube for a survey aimed at people who have left the RAF within the last 8 years with the questions focusing on what it would take to make you re-join, i.e returning at a higher rank for more money with less postings if you've gained useful qualifications since you've left...
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    Memorial Ideas

    I've been asked to join the local council sub committee looking at renovating / modernising the RAF Kirmington memorial garden thanks to a decent chunk of cash having been donated by a supermarket. Doing a bit of digging and it seems that 921 flew out of the base never to return and whilst...
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    North Korea tests Nuke

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3386367/Magnitude-5-1-earthquake-detected-close-North-Korean-nuclear-test-site-trigger-concerns-country-conducted-new-atomic-explosion.html It seems that the senseless one has tested a Nuke, something that has even annoyed China, so what do goaters think...
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    How are RAF camps named

    As the title suggests really, A few of us at a music festival this weekend were sat chatting and the subject came up, the obvious thing would be for a camp to be named after the nearest village / hamlet but given that many are equidistance between 2 or more we couldn't figure out who picks a...
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    Armed forces job cuts reach target 3 years early

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33638492 This should come as no surprise to anyone who's head hasn't been up an orifice for the last 5 years, it seems that the lack of pay rise's has bitten the forces hard and the outflow is unsustainable. for some reason reserve recruitment is struggling, can't...
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    Do we need electoral reform

    having looked at the results for the general election it looks like a tory majority however the thing that has struck me as odd is that the snp gained 56 seats with 1.4m votes, lib dems gained 8 seats with 2.3m votes and ukip only 1 seat with 3.8m votes. to me this seems to give the jocks a...
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    Things you don't miss since you left

    in contrast to my other thread what do the goaters not miss at all since they have left in no particular order i'd go with: sht jobs / duties having your worth decided by the badge on your shoulder having no say on working weekends poor pay / conditions (in comparison) management living in...
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    Things you miss since you left

    As I approach my second civvy xmas I got thinking about the things I've missed since I've left and thought I'd create a thread for other goaters to muse on the subject so in no particular order: Some of the lads Adventure training Free socks The odd early stack the feeling that everyone was...
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    BAE training academy at humberside airport

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-29711524 http://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/BAE-Systems-build-training-academy-Humberside/story-23279202-detail/story.html Looks like BAE are opening up civvy version of cosford at humberside airport, I guess it was inevitable with more roles going...
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    Free degree scheme

    I thought I'd just post this on here to raise awareness of the scheme as when I went through resettlement it wasn't overly well advertised, I'm starting a 6 year part time degree on friday with funding being fully provided by the government under the scheme. hopefully someone else can find it...
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    A replacement for scotland

    I've posed this one on the book of faces but thought i'd add it here so the good people of the goat can have their say, If Scotland does vote for independence next week it opens up a theoretical place in the United Kingdom for another country to join us. so who would you choose to invite and...
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    solution to the israel / hamas conflict

    after yet another cease fire in this region comes to an end surely there must be some way of a lasting peace in the area? do any goaters have any wise ideas on how things could be improved out there?
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    working whilst on terminal leave

    I'm sure this has been done to death but I thought I'd ask afresh incase anyone has found any new loopholes, I currently considering two job offers, (after bringing my termination date forward and clearing from the mob last week), both of the prospective employers would like me to start asap...
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